Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the dearth of diagnostic and assessment services in the Cavan and Monaghan region for young children under three years of age with sensory disabilities; the inordinate waiting time being experienced by both parents and children for assessment, which can run to more than two years; the acute scarcity of speech and language therapists, paediatric neurologists, psychologists and psychiatrists, which adds to the difficulties in accessing services. I call on the Minister for Health and Children to take the necessary steps to ensure the earliest possible intervention for such children.

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